This edition of the newsletter continues the articles on the villages of
Mariasdorf started in edition 31A plus some south Burgenland Vignettes.

Karen Barnard () sent us a list of the
inhabitants of 5 villages in 1857 & 1770 and the inhabitants today,
culled from a book she acquired. These are the last three.
TAUCHEN (village name with house number first)
1.Altes Schulgeba"ude Tauchen
Von Michael Hutter gekauft
Adolf Hutter
Today: Reinhard Hutter, Gast- und Kaufhaus

SOME SOUTH BURGENLAND VIGNETTES (from Fritz Knigshofer)
Inns ("Gasthaeuser") in Poppendorf: From the articles in Der
Volksfreund about life in Poppendorf and environs, mostly recorded
by my great-grandfather, I can make out at least four different
Gasthaeuser (inns). Besides the Gasthof Berghold, there were inns
by Josef Medl, Johann Mo"dl [sic], and Matthias Flamisch. These
inns served in turns for various events such as the ball of the fire
brigade or the meeting place for various assemblies (like the
Sa"ngerverein -- i.e., the village choir society). This was the
situation as gleamed from stories of the early 20th century.
Industries in the area: It appears that Szent Gottha'rd was
somewhat a local industrial center, as at least six different
factories get mentioned, namely, a tobacco factory, a scythe
factory, a steam sawmill (built in 1912), a silk spinning-mill erected
in 1913, a soda water production, and a clock factory. The clock
factory might have been the place where your close relative
(granduncle?) originally learned his job. If it burned down, then it
was probably rebuilt later, since Der Volksfreund mentions it in
1911.
Church(es) in Poppendorf: Apparently, a catholic church was built
in Poppendorf in 1909. This was obviously not a parish church as
the parish was in Heiligenkreuz, but it was a full-blown church
(rather than only a chapel) nevertheless. Der Volksfreund reports
that after the erection of the church the village decided to spend
3,700 crowns for the acquisition of two bells (also in 1909), and
the paper also reports about a subsequent voluntary collection to
buy some pieces for the interior of the church in 1910.
Burgenland emigration: Are you aware that there had been an
exhibition (Burgenlaendische Landesausstellung) in Gu"ssing in
1992 which dealt with the subject of emigration? My father has
the catalog from this exhibition and I was able to read it when I
visited him last month. (ED. Note-I believe Fritz is speaking of a
337 page publication called "...nach Amerika; I have a copy). The
catalog includes an article by Dr. Dujmovits. At that time (1992),
the article stated that for about 170 villages in the Burgenland the
first ever emigrant had been precisely established. Dujmovits'
article includes a list of all these villages and the name(s),
birthyear(s) and year of emigration of the respective first
emigrants. For instance, the first ever emigrant from Mogersdorf
had been a Maria Dax.

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